Rangpo and Mangan schools win interschool folk dance and role play competition

GANGTOK, 20 Sept: A state-level Folk Dance & Role Play competition was held here today at Modern Secondary School by SCERT, Gangtok, in collaboration with the Population Education Cell under NCERT, New Delhi. Twelve schools which had qualified from the district level, three from each district, participated in this state-level competition.
Schools from North and South districts competed in life skills through folk dance while schools from East and West districts participated in role play. Rangpo SSS (East), Kaluk SSS (West), Modern SSS (East) came first, second and third respectively in Role Play while Mangan SSS (North), Namchi Girls SSS (South), Nandu Gaon SS (South)  were placed in the first, second and third positions respectively in the folk dance competition.
The winning teams from each category will now represent the State at the regional level competition.
The function had MP Subba, Director, MDM & Language, HRDD, as chief guest and the competition was rated by a panel of judges comprising of Dr. CL Pradhan, Neuro Psychiatrist, STNM Hospital , Chungchung Bhutia, Consultant  SSACS, and Lata Rajalim, CEO, Culture & Heritage Deptt. The venue for this programme was Modern Sec. School. The winners were awarded with certificates and cash prizes.
[excerpted from a report by Sabita Subba, Dy. Director, SCERT, Gangtok]